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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






2. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






3. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






4. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






5. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






6. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.






7. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






8. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






9. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






10. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






11. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






12. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






13. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






14. Significant point or event in the project






15. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






16. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






17. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






18. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






19. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






20. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






21. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






22. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






23. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






24. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






25. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






26. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






27. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






28. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






29. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






30. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






31. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






32. Provider of products - services or results






33. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






34. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






35. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






36. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






37. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






38. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






39. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






40. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






41. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






42. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






43. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






44. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






45. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






46. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






47. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






48. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






49. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






50. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs